US President Barack Obama has announced the Marine National Monument of Papahānaumokuākea around Hawaii will be increased to nearly 600,000 sq miles of protected ocean.
http://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/
This is really great news but as described in the Guardian article, we still have a very long way to go to properly protect the oceans and help to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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